Yesterday was my birthday, had a great day! Went shopping and to a birthday party for our neighbor Kevin, whose birthday was Friday. Mike bought me roses for my special day :) 

Gardening!

Today was gorgeous!! Went out and cleaned out flower beds and shrubs....then planted peacock orchids in the back. Was in the 70s today......I got a sunburn from being outside all day....and get this....there are nasty JUNE BUGS out already !! Below are some pictures of the gnomes I put in the south side flower beds yesterday. We named them.....Hocus and Pocus.....hopefully they'll keep the bunnies away from my flowers this year!!!
Have a great week!
Love, Gail

Neighbors: Herman removing a post from Edie's yard while his wife Marge looks on and Mike supervises! 

One of the gnomes I put in the flower bed, along with our new malibu lights. 

The other gnome in the second bed. 

Blah blah blah.......

...that describes our day today. Rainy and in the 50s. I wanna go out and get some stuff for the yard. I bought a campanula plant, but it needs a twin for the front of the house. I also want some strawberries. What is it about spring that brings out the black-thumbed gardening obsession with me?

I went out after work yesterday to a microbrewery much like Paytons in Aurora. The beer was good and so were the nachos. :) I want to take Mike back there some night for dinner.

Have a great week!

Spring

I noticed that the leaves have popped on the trees this weekend......that's about two weeks early by Illinois standards, so I'm very happy to see them! I worked on the flower garden this weekend, and today a little storm blew through....and brought us a beautiful rainbow, though I couldn't get a picture because it was behind the trees across the street. 75 degrees all weekend - I've been wearing shorts - but I didn't pack ALL my winter clothes away - yet!!!

My newest picture of Hayley from last week - Hayley in a Basket :) 

We went to the John Mellencamp concert on April 6th. It was awesome! I took this picture during the first hour of the show. 

I took this picture at the Como Park Zoo last Sunday. He kinda has that "f**k you" attitude that ya just gotta love! 

A couple of our recent visitors - this was taken in our back yard last week. I tried to feed them, but the squirrel stole the food. :( 

New Place for our stuff

I just got this new blog to replace the turboblog I have on the website. I think it will be easier and I can post pics on it. Will add more here as I play with it and find out what it can do!!!